Combination bed and table.



, PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

EQPETBRS. COMBINATIOISI BED AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22 1906.

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EDWARD PETERS, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COMBINATION BED AND TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed September 22, 1906. Serial No. 335,795.

T aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD PETERS, of the city of Hamilton, entworthcounty, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and being a subject of theKing of England, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombination Bed and Table, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make andto use the same, reference being had to the accomp anying drawings,which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to the exact details ofconstruction shown and described, as it is obvious that variousmodifications thereof will occur to per sons skilled in the art.

This invention relates to combination furniture, and comprises in aunitary structure a bed and table.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, economical, anddurable unitary article of furniture which may be used as a table duringthe day-time and which during the night or on occasions when requiredmay be used as a bed.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theinvention set up for use as a bed, with parts broken away for purposesof illustration and with the head and foot boards of the bed in dottedposition for use as a tabletop. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view ofFig. 1 looking toward the footboard of the bed. Fig. 3 is a fragmentarylongitudinal sectional view.

Referring to the parts, 1 1 are the legs or posts used for supportingthe structure, each of which is longitudinally slotted, as at 2.

3 and 4 are respectively the side rails and end rails of the bed, on thelatter of which are secured by suitable hinges the headboard 5 andfootboard 6 of said bed, said boards being connected to the end rails bythe hinges 7.

It will be observed that the posts 1 are connected at the ends of thebed by crossrails 8, which serve as closures for the slots 2, beforereferred to. Connected to the side rails intermediate the cross-rails 8are members 9 9 and 10 10, to the former of which are hinged the flapsor mattress-stops 11 11 and to the latter of which are connected thestringers 12. These mattress-stops 11 are useful to prevent longitudinalshifting of the zontal alinement.

bedding when the device is used as a bed, in which event they aresecured in vertical position by the buttons 13 on cross-rails 8 or byany suit able means which may be substituted therefor.

Secured to the under side of the members 10 10 and 12 12 are clips 14,by which are secured suitable shafting 15 16. The shaft 15 is preferablysquared on its outer free end to permit placing thereon a crank 17 torotate said shaft, on which are bevel-gears 18, which mesh withcorresponding beveled gears 19 on the shafts 16, as best shown in b ig.2.

On each end of the shafts 16 should be secured a pinion 21, in mesh witha vertical rack 22, which is secured to each post, so that as the crank17 rotates the shaft 15 said racks and pinions will raise and lower theside rails, end rails, headboard, footboard, guards 11, and connectedparts, so that the end rails may occupy the elevated position shown indotted lines in Fig. 3, thereby carrying the hinges 7 to the plane ofthe upper face of the cross-rails 8, in which position the head and footboards may be folded to a horizontal position, as shown by dotted linesin Figs. 1 and 3, where they will conveniently serve as a table-top, theslots in the posts 1 serving as guides for the side rails at all times.

The design of the head and foot boards is immaterial, with the exceptionthat their upper edges should be of such contour that they will exactlymatch when brought into a hori- It will be observed that the dotted linein Fig. 1 shows the line of juncture of said headboard 5 and footboard6. As the longer headboard will form a better support than thefootboard, the meeting edges thereof (the top edges) are preferablybeveled, as that the headboard may be first placed in a horizontalposition and the footboard subsequently matched therewith to form asmooth table-surface. W hen used as a bed, the hooks 26 on the posts 1engage with loops or eyes on the head and foot boards to hold said headand foot boards in vertical position.

The invention is capable of various modifications in form andproportion, and I wish it distinctly understood that I claim all suchmodifications as are within the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a combined bed andtable, vertically-slotted supporting guide-posts, side rails extendingtherethrough and therebeyond at each end, end rails, head and footboards hinged to said end rails and means for elevating said side andend rails.

2. In a combined bed and table, vertically-slotted supportingguide-posts, side rails extending therethrough and therebeyond at eachend, end rails connected to said side rails, head and foot boards hingedto said end rails and means for locking said head and foot boards invertical position.

3. In a combined bed and table, slotted supporting guide-posts, siderails extending through said slots at each end, end rails, head and footboards hinged to said end rails, mattress-guards carried With said railsand means for simultaneously elevating said rails, head and foot boardsand mattressstops.

4. In a combined bed and table, verticallyslotted supporting-posts,vertically-movable side and end rails guided by said posts and extendingtherebeyond, means for moving said rails vertically, foldable endmembers carried by said rails and adapted to serve either as end boardsof a bed or as a tabletop, and mattress-stops movable vertically Withsaid rails.

5. In a combined bed-and table verticallyslotted supporting-posts,vertically-movable side rails guided by said posts and extendingtherebeyond, end rails, racks and pinions for moving said railsvertically and a plurality of foldable end members carried by said railsat each end of said rails, some of Which are adapted to serve either asend boards of a bed or as a tabletop, and some of which are adapted toserve as mattress-stops When in vertical position.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

EDWARD PETERS.

